Takrūr The History of a Name
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8977583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ʿUmar al-Naqar (corresponding author), Umar Al-Naqar |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-374 |
| Publication date | 1969-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002185370003632x |
| OpenAlex | W1964504356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 1 |
The generic term Takarīr (also Takarna) is a popular Middle Eastern concept applied to all West African Muslims. The progenitor of the name, to which the attribution Takarīr is made, is the ancient state of Takrūr, which existed briefly on the Senegal basin from ca . a.d. 1OOO and which was the first West African chieftaincy to accept Islam. This paper suggests that probably the earliest West African Muslims to be seen in the Middle East in recognizable numbers may have come from that state. Because the milieu of the Hijaz and the diversity of races frequenting the annual pilgrimage ceremonies encouraged generalizations, the name Takarīr was conveniently applied to West Africans. The ambiguity of the term may thus be seen to have progressively increased with the expansion of Islam in West Africa, while the name itself became sufficiently entrenched in popular usage for it to survive the fame of great West African empires like Mali and Songhay. The term ‘Bilad al-Takrūr’ is essentially the extension of the Middle Eastern concept of Takrūr and has therefore received various territorial definitions
Ambiguity · Ancient history · Archaeology · Diversity (politics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · History of Africa · Islam · Linguistics · Pilgrimage · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · Anthropology · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,49 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |